香蕉直播

International requirements and visas

We can help you meet our English language or academic entry requirements.

Visas and immigration advice

NMC and vaccination requirements

For all nursing courses leading to registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) as a nurse, you must demonstrate the following:

• completion of 10 years general education
• successful completion of literacy and numeracy assessments during the interview process
• evidence of study within the last five years is desirable
• evidence of commitment to the profession
• passing of occupational health and Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks
• ability to meet travel requirements to attend placements
• ability to follow a shift pattern that could cover any part of a 24-hour seven-day cycle.

Occupational health screening and vaccinations
You will need to complete an occupational health screening and we strongly encourage that you get all of the required vaccinations. Particular vaccinations are a requirement of certain NHS placement providers and are in place to protect you and the patients. Without the appropriate vaccinations you will not be able to undertake some placements – and this may impact on your ability to complete your course. The list of required vaccinations is updated by the NHS and may change over the course of your studies.

Top reasons to choose this course

• Accredited by the Nursing and Midwifery Council.
• Varied placements in both acute and community settings, plus an opportunity to experience nursing overseas on an international placement.
• Learn in our clinical skills and simulation suites, and practice independently in our nursing skills zone.
• Interprofessional collaboration with students on our child and mental health nursing courses.  
• Support throughout your degree from our student-run .
• Non-repayable grant of at least £5,000 each academic year.
• 94% of our graduates are in work or further study 15 months after their degree, 96% of working graduates were in highly skilled work as nursing professionals – Graduate Outcomes Survey.
• Brighton is in the UK top 25% for graduate earnings in nursing and midwifery, three years after graduating – Longitudinal Education Outcomes 2022.

Course structure

You’ll share some modules with students on our other nursing courses, allowing you to benefit from interprofessional collaboration, sharing knowledge and expertise. You will also benefit from patients contributing to your learning through shared stories.

In each year of the degree you engage with both theory and practice learning. The course alternates between academic terms and blocks of practice. In total during your degree you will complete 2,300 academic hours and 2,300 of practice learning.

Theory sessions in academic terms take place at the university. You will attend Monday to Friday with independent study days. Practice placement are in blocks and are 37.5 hours per week. 

As a student on this course you’ll also get to participate in - hour-long sessions where students come together to listen to stories and share reflections in a supportive and confidential environment. The sessions offer the opportunity to reflect on the emotional aspects of clinical practice and are designed to support students and recent graduates working in complex settings.

Recognising that patients come first in everything the NHS does, and the values of the NHS constitution – respect, dignity, compassion and working together for service users – are embedded in our curriculum.

Making sure that what you learn with us is relevant, up to date and what employers are looking for is our priority, so courses are reviewed and enhanced on an ongoing basis. When you have applied to us, you’ll be told about any new developments through .

Year 1

You are introduced to the profession of nursing and begin your development of the required knowledge and skills. You will develop an understanding of the structure and function of the human body. 

Modules

• Nursing Assessment in Partnership with People

  This module will enable you to undertake a holistic nursing assessment of a person in terms of their mental, physical, social and spiritual needs. You’ll learn the importance of completing an assessment in partnership with the person, taking into account their circumstances, characteristics and preferences.

  You will also gain an understanding of the role of the nurse in assessing the person’s needs as a member of the multi-disciplinary team (MDT).

• Planning Nursing Care in Partnership with People

  This module will enable you to plan nursing care based on the information gained from a holistic nursing assessment. You’ll learn the importance of identifying priorities in the mental, physical, social and spiritual needs of the person and formulating a plan of care in partnership with the person and the multi-disciplinary team (MDT).

• Human Biology for Nursing

  This module will enable you to explore human biology in relation to the health, well-being and illness of a person across the lifespan. You’ll develop an understanding of how human biology and altered physiology underpins your developing nursing practice.

• Practice Learning for Nursing Year 1

  This practice assessment of the course is divided into three parts. This module comprises part one, which will enable you to begin developing the knowledge, skills and values required for nursing practice.

  You will integrate learning from your placement and at university in order to meet the Future Nurse: Standards of proficiency for registered nurses (Nursing and Midwifery Council [NMC] 2018).

You may also get the opportunity to take part in the Alzheimer's Society's award-winning , following a family's dementia journey over a 12-month period. Students have described this as an ‘inspirational’ element of the course.

Year 2 

You continue to build your skills and knowledge in professional practice. You will start to develop the principles of adult nursing and gain an insight into the clinical settings in which nurses work such as public health, acute services, community and research.

Modules

• Quality Improvement Using Evidence-Based Nursing Practice
• Nursing to Promote Health and Prevent Illness
• Approaches to Nursing Adults with Long-term Conditions
• Nursing Assessment and Management of Clinical Deterioration in an Adult
• Practice Learning for Adult Nursing Year 2.

Final year

You will complete an extended project and develop your professional practice further in the areas of leadership, physical assessment and complex care needs.

Modules

• Contemporary and Future Nursing Practice
• Palliative and End of Life Care Using an Integrative Nursing Approach
• Leading and Managing Nursing Care and Effective Teams
• Enhanced Nursing Assessment and Clinical Decision Making
• Practice Learning for Adult Nursing Year 3.

Facilities

Placements and practice learning 

Our flexible approach to practice-based learning and excellent links with local healthcare trusts enable us to offer clinical practice in hospital and community settings, working alongside multi-professional teams.

You will complete 2,300 hours of practice learning, including 150 hours of Simulated Practice Learning, over the course of your degree. This includes approximately 20 weeks each year in practice placements across Surrey, Sussex and Kent.

Practice placements are 37.5 hours per week and you will be supported by a practice supervisor. A day on placement can be between 07:00 and 22:00, some weekends and some nights.

Community placements offer experience in schools, doctors surgeries, with health visitors and community staff.

It is currently possible for eligible students to claim back excess travel costs, this is reviewed each year by the NHS. If you're not a UK citizen, you are unlikely to get help with travel costs unless you have permission to live permanently in the UK. 

Supporting you 

You will receive lots of support throughout your nursing degree. During your degree you'll have access to: 

• academic assessor
• personal tutor
• practice liaison lecturers
• practice assessor in clinical practice
• practice supervisor in clinical practice
• student support and guidance
• welfare.

Nursing Society
Our student-run provides support for all nursing students at every stage of their degree.

The society facilitates group learning and extracurricular lectures from speakers across the multidisciplinary team.

Study abroad

Course fees

Additional funding support

UK students studying nursing, midwifery and some allied health professions subjects receive a non-repayable grant of at least £5,000 each academic year. Find out more on the .

This scholarship is supported by The Gittins Family Charitable Trust and is open to first-year full-time undergraduates who are studying Nursing (Adult) BSc(Hons) and have a home household income of £25k-£45k. There are two scholarships available, providing £1,000 a year for three years of undergraduate study.

The RKS Scholarship

The RKS Scholarship will fund one student’s annual fee of £9,250 for three years of undergraduate study (total value of £27,750). Applications need to be male or identify as male or non-binary and be a full-time student with a firm offer on a Podiatry BSc or Nursing (Adult or Child) BSc. They will need to be eligible to receive a full student finance package, a 香蕉直播 Bursary, Care Leaver’s Bursary or Estranged Student Bursary.

The fees listed here are for the first year of full-time study if you start your course in the academic year 2025–26.

You will pay fees for each year of your course. Some fees may increase each year.

UK undergraduate and some postgraduate fees are regulated by the UK government and increases will not be more than the maximum amount allowed. Course fees that are not regulated may increase each year by up to 5% or RPI (whichever is higher).

If you are studying part-time your fee will usually be calculated based on the number of modules that you take.

Find out more

• Brighton Boost – cost of living help for our new undergrad students. Find out about how we can help with your study, accommodation or travel costs and more...
• Fees, bursaries, scholarships and government funding info for UK and international undergraduate students
• Student finance and budgeting while studying
• Read our student contract and (pdf) for more on 香蕉直播 tuition fees.

Campus where this course is taught

Accommodation

Local area

Maps

Support and wellbeing

Sport at Brighton